Provider Collaborative Development Programme

The creation of Provider Collaboratives presents new opportunities for the NHS to tackle rising demand for services, severe workforce challenges and delivery of the Triple Aim Duty.

Providers working together at scale offers the potential to deliver benefits for both populations and NHS organisations. Collaborative arrangements could see Providers coming together to consolidate corporate services for greater efficiency, increase sustainability by making better use of a limited workforce and improving the quality of care by standardising clinical practice to tackle variations in care. However, given the many different forms and variation in scale and scope across vertical and horizontal collaboratives, there is no single blueprint for success. Provider Collaboratives face some challenging hurdles when considering the next stages of their development.

Arden & GEM’s Provider Collaborative Development Programme offers end-to-end or tailored modular support that empowers health systems to develop the skills, systems and processes required to successfully deliver the objectives of their collaboration.

The Provider Collaborative Development Programme provides two complementary programmes divided into eight modules of support in areas that are key to maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of your collaborative arrangements:

1. COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
   • Governance, relationships and alliancing: Embedding approaches that suit your individual needs and ensure that your provision of healthcare services is high quality, promotes patient outcomes and builds confidence in your Collaborative
   • Operating model and technical platforms: Establishing an operating model and technical platforms that allocate accountabilities and responsibilities for improving health outcomes in a way that maximises value for money
   • System regulations and legal factors: Appropriate system regulations, which meet all legal responsibilities, to safely operate your Provider Collaborative
   • Finance controls and asset distribution: Strong financial controls and fair asset distribution so that finances are effectively managed alongside operational and clinical responsibilities.
     
     
2. MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
   • Leadership diagnostics: Understanding the strengths and development needs of your senior team utilising a range of tools and techniques that provide the foundations for effective leadership in complex healthcare environments.
   • Communication and decision making: Developing effective communication and decision making techniques that are critical for successful collaborations between healthcare organisations.
   • Managing complex change: Upskilling your key stakeholders with the knowledge and techniques required to effectively deliver change.
   • Pace setting and effective leadership: Empowering senior leaders to lead by example and set the pace for your entire Provider Collaborative, establishing high standards that ultimately result in effectively meeting your objectives.

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